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MUTUAL FUNDS MAR 03, 2008
Rydex fund offers exposure to futures

The investment community appears to be catching on to the idea behind the Rydex Managed Futures Strategy (RYMFX), a first-of-its-kind registered mutual fund that provides synthetic exposure to the futures markets.

ETFS MAR 03, 2008
Attracting assets eludes ETFs based on fundamental indexes

Exchange traded funds that are based on fundamental indexes have ballooned in number, but they are having a hard time attracting assets.

MUTUAL FUNDS MAR 03, 2008
Fund companies modify value-added programs

Mutual fund companies are arming their wholesalers with new tools to help financial advisers manage client anxiety about the roller-coaster markets and unsettling financial news.

ETFS MAR 03, 2008
William McNabb III

Financial advisers know little of William McNabb III, who today replaces John J. Brennan as president of The Vanguard Group Inc. and who will be taking Mr. Brennan's position of chief executive in about a year.

MUTUAL FUNDS MAR 03, 2008
Tom Orecchio

Tom Orecchio has some bones to pick.

ETFS MAR 03, 2008
Actively managed ETFs close to reality

The push for actively managed exchange traded funds, the Holy Grail of the ETF industry, is intensifying.

ETFS MAR 03, 2008
Will active ETFs lure investors?

Exchange traded funds are one of the fastest-growing investment vehicles, but until now, they have been passive investments.

ESG MAR 03, 2008
Don't count out clean energy stocks, some say

The big hit clean energy stocks have taken this year is just an expected correction, not the end of a fad, green-investing advocates say.

ALTERNATIVES FEB 29, 2008
Investors seize defunct Bear hedge funds

Investors have seized two Bear Sterns hedge funds, in hopes that they will gain a chance to meet the company in court, according to the Financial Times.

ETFS FEB 28, 2008
PowerShares first on ETF fast track

The firm is the first provider to receive exemptive relief from the SEC for actively managed ETFs in registration.

ETFS FEB 28, 2008
European hedge fund returns diminishing

There were 50 fewer launches in 2007 as compared to 2006 for the first year-to-year fall since the millenium.

ETFS FEB 27, 2008
State Street to expand ETF offering

The firm an application with the SEC for exemptive relief for a series of actively managed, target-date exchange traded funds.

ETFS FEB 27, 2008
SEC backs rule to ease ETF approval

The rule would cover passive and actively managed ETFs — at least those that promise to divulge their holdings.

ALTERNATIVES FEB 25, 2008
GAO releases hedge fund report

Regulators and participants are strengthening market discipline but oversight is still needed, the report says.

MUTUAL FUNDS FEB 25, 2008
Brokers pan Finra-AARP tie

The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority Inc. is drawing the ire of some brokerage firms by partnering with the AARP — a group that some in the industry see as a competitor.

LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES FEB 25, 2008
Ambac looks to banks for bail out

The process could come to a favorable conclusion for the bond insurer early this week.

ESG FEB 25, 2008
Ignoring risk of climate change could put companies in hot water

After a sputtering start, the green revolution appears to be steadily making its way into corporate boardrooms.

ALTERNATIVES FEB 25, 2008
Financial advisers hope to tap timber market for growth

At a time when recession fears are rattling the stock market, some financial advisers are looking to trees for growth.

ETFS FEB 25, 2008
Vanguard lowers fees on five ETFs as it chases Barclays

The Vanguard Group Inc. has slashed costs on five more exchange traded funds in its latest effort to play catch-up with Barclays Global Advisors.

RETIREMENT PLANNING FEB 25, 2008
Fees push managed accounts off 401(k) default lists

Managed accounts aren't popular default options in 401(k) plans, because fees are too high for plan executives to justify, leaving them concerned about fulfilling their fiduciary responsibility, experts say.